TimeOut directive

Purpose

The TimeOut directive sets the amount of time the server will wait for a client to send its query once connected, or the maximum amount of time the server will spend waiting for a client to accept information.

Syntax

TimeOut time

Where time is the amount of time in seconds the server should wait.

Only one TimeOut directive is allowed in the configuration file.

Default

If you do not specify a TimeOut, httpd assumes:

TimeOut 1200

This is a timeout of twenty minutes.

Example

TimeOut 600

This sets the timeout to ten minutes. For large files served to slow network clients, you may need every second of it.

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